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Nigritella nigra  RCHB.F.  subsp. bucegiana  HEDREN, ANGHELESCU & R.LORENZ
 

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Nigritella  RICH.
 

Authors:
   RCHB.F.:  Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823 - 1889), German botanist
   HEDREN:  Bo Christer Mikael Hedrén (1956 - ), Swedish botanist from Lund
   ANGHELESCU:  Nora Eugenia D. G. Anghelescu (fl. 2021), Romanian biologist
   R.LORENZ:  Richard Lorenz (1942 - ), German orchid specialist
   RICH.:  Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist
 

Etymology:
   Nigritella:   nigritia = the black
   nigra:   black
   bucegiana:   from the Bucegi montains (Romania)
 

Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana was only described in 2022 in the article by HEDRÉN, ANGELESCU and LORENZ in Jour.Eur.Orch. 54 (3-4): 266 - 328. As can be read on page 295, the species is tetraploid and reproduces asexually (i.e. apomictically). On page 299 of the article mentioned above you can read that there are also sexually (i.e. via insect pollination) reproducing diploid Nigritella in this region, namely the light colored Nigritella carpatica and the dark red Nigritella suceveana.

 

Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid, RO  Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 1:  Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid
RO Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid, RO  Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 2:  Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid
RO Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid, RO  Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 3:  Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid
RO Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid, RO  Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 4:  Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid
RO Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid, RO  Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 5:  Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid
RO Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid, RO  Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 6:  Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid
RO Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid, RO  Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 7:  Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid
RO Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid, RO  Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
Fig. 8:  Nigritella nigra subsp. bucegiana / Bucegi Vanilla Orchid
RO Sinaia 18.6.2022 (Photo: Helmut Presser)
   
 


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